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The Cambridge International Continuum. Di Palmer Director Assessment Services Sherry Reach USA Regional Representative Hartford CT 16 March 2010. CIE is part of Cambridge Assessment. A department of the University of Cambridge,

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Conrad’s situation is not a strange one; it is one most readers may not have experienced but would be familiar with. Wolfe’s narration enables us to feel sympathy for many reasons. The first, and simplest, is that he appears to have been wronged: he remembered parking his car outside the red zone. In addition to this, the “giant” tow truck operator and the meter maid do not listen to what he says and virtually ignore him. In the end Conrad loses, only to be mocked by a crowd of bystanders. “Woooo-eeeee” (Paragraph 23) they call at him, when the meter maid rebuffs his appeals. Conrad is not merely helpless; he is turned into a public and humiliating joke. It is impossible not to feel sympathy for him in this situation.

Although this story makes you feel sympathy for Conrad, it is at the same time amusing due to the fact that the lady and the giant man paid less attention to him and this made him look somehow stupid as it was like he was talking himself.

Another amusing thing about this story is the way Conrad negotiates for his car. He speaks on top of his voice and this makes passers-by think there is a fight which is about to erupt.